• Fort Laurens is inviting the public to help celebrate the 235th anniversary of the building of the fort, which was constructed by soldiers from the 8th Pennsylvania and 13th/9th Virginia regiments in 1778.

• The celebration will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday with a march through Bolivar to the Fort Laurens State Memorial. The parade will leave from the Tusky Valley Intermediate School at 216 Park Ave. and continue to Fort Laurens. Spectators are encouraged to join the march.

• Once at Fort Laurens, guests can visit with re-enactors and learn about their weaponry through firing demonstrations and musket drills. Soldiers also will talk about their uniforms and equipment and share music demonstrations.

• Visitors also can stroll through the museum and tour the fort grounds (weather permitting).

• A ceremony will be held at the Tomb of the Unknown Patriot of the American Revolution, the burial place of one of five soldiers who was not able to be identified.

• The celebration also will include the judging of fort models constructed by area students. The winning entry will be on display in the museum during 2014.